Where does “käskysarja” come from?
käskysarja (Finnish) comes from Finnish käsky, from Finnish käskeä, from Proto-Finnic käskedäk, from Proto-Uralic käske-.
Ancestry of “käskysarja”, step by step
käskysarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish käsky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käsky | An order, command, commandment, dictation,... |
| 2 | Finnish | käskeä | to order, tell; to command; to request, ask for,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | käskedäk | to tell, to command |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | käske- | — |
via Finnish sarja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sarja | series; chain, sequence, succession, train; set |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sarja | row of laths or battens; a board made of laths |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | śarja | lath, batten, bar |